The most memorable moment of Santa Monica High’s baseball season was David Castellanos’ slide into home plate and the look on his face as he scored the run that put the Vikings’ into the Division […]

Groups commemorating the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington and other African Americans who made substantial contributions to the history of the United States participated in Juneteenth, the celebration of […]

Student Louis Suarez, head of the Impeachment Club at Santa Monica College, spoke to a coalition of fellow activists, including members of SM Democratic Club, Progressive Democrats of America and LA Veterans for Peace, who […]

The Eagles SC, featuring Samantha Greene from Santa Monica and Amanda Lisberger of Pacific Palisades, has won the California State Soccer Championship. The team is now preparing for the U.S. Youth Soccer national championship next […]

Columnist Thomas Elias has won the 2007 first prize in signed commentary from the Los Angeles Press Club. Elias’s column is syndicated in papers all over the state.  The Santa Monica Mirror is the only […]

Aries One little act of kindness turns into a bigger thing than expected. You are searching endlessly for something that can’t be found. You are overdue for a wish to come true. Keep looking in […]

Two Westside softball stars have been named to the all-CIF second team in their respective divisions. Senior Hannah Rose-Peters of Santa Monica High was chosen as an infielder rather than a pitcher in Division 3. […]

Tom Seyler, who was fired as Palisades High’s baseball coach after his pitchers hit seven Chatsworth High batters in a playoff game, spent the last week evaluating his position. Seyler, who spoke to the Mirror […]

The photo on the left shows the dangling left foot of a snowy egret in Marina del Rey, the result of an unknown injury nearly a year ago. According to baitmaster Larry Derr, the egret […]

Adapted Gentle Restoratives for Seniors, yoga classes for seniors with Bea Ammidown, 310.358.3338. Ballona Institute is offering free van tours of the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve, led by biologist Roy van de Hoek. Spaces are […]